Day 25

A photo of a night you loved...My cousin Rebecca's wedding...not cause of her wedding but because it was one of the last time ALL my local cousins and my siblings were together. It was SO much fun!

Santa - Believing, or Not

I have to admit something, I don't think I ever believed in Santa Clause. Seriously. My mom never really did stuff to make him real. I remember there being gifts that had a different wrapping on them and of course the cookies were half eaten. If I did believe in him it was long before I really remember life. I remember my mom filling the stockings in front of me. I know that I was the one doing it by the time I was 14. I was the one eating the cookies and drinking the milk too. Even though I remember taking my youngest sister and helping her put them out. I don't know how my brother and sisters felt/though. I am going to have to ask them...hey Maddy...did you believe in Santa?

I mentioned this to my mom one day. She said that she never did anything because she didn't want to lie to us. (She thinks she is a hippy but she isn't a very good one.) Anyway, she said that if she were to do it over again she would make a big deal about Santa because it is a good learning experience for kids to learn and figure things out on their own that he isn't real.

Then there is the flip side. I have a friend who loves Christmas and Santa so much that I know at age 12 his son still 100% believed in Santa. He would get in fights with kids at school about it. I think my friend was going to tell him before he started Jr High but seriously....there has to be a stopping point.

As for the other Holiday people...nope never believe in them either. I knew my mom was the tooth fairy. I knew she hid our Easter Baskets behind the drapes and I was also doing that by the time I was 14.

I don't think of this as being sad though. Well maybe a little but it is the way it was and not much I can do about it know. I will tell you this, I sure as heck did NOT like sitting on Santa's lap! (I had to clear all my photos off my hard drive this week or I would post a photo.)

3's - A Tag

LaDawn tagged me with this interesting tag. How To Play This Game of Tag: 1. Post these rules on your blog. 2. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. 3. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.

JOYS
1. Being able to do things with Rick, pretty much every day!
2. Being with all my siblings and not have my mom be mean.
3. Being able to go out to the pool and have someone bring me drinks/food all day so the only thing I need to move for is to roll over or go to the bathroom.

FEARS
1. I admit, I am afraid of the pain I will feel when Rick dies and hopefully that isn't for a VERY long time.
2. That I will never be able to really get along with my mom
3. That I am not prepared for the Second Coming

GOALS
1. To actually finish all of the scrapbooking/video projects I have started and think about
2. To lose 50 pounds...yes 50! (Doesn't mean I am obsessed with it at this point in my life.)
3. To be totally out of debt

CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS
1. The never ending scrapbook/videos I want to create
2. Genealogy - You have no idea how obsessed I really am about this.
3. What ever is coming along today...I obsess about something new every day.

RANDOM SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ME
1. I am the oldest in my family - maybe that isn't so surprising
2. Apparently I am 2 different people, my siblings think I am domineering and controlling, the rest of the world, not so much
3. I really like to read the BBC News

Who do I tag:

Maddy, Darci, Heather